Curtain-pole.



PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

A. R. HARMANY.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Witnesses No. 781,946. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. A. R. HARMANY.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Attorneys UNITED STATES Patented February '7, 1905.

ATENT FFICE.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,946, dated February 7, 1905.

Application filed March 21, 1904. Serial No. 199,215.

To In 1171 0111, it may con (3077b:

Be it known that l. ARTHUR RUssnLL Han- MANY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marietta, in the county of *ashington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Pole, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain-poles, and in particular to tubular poles formed in longitudinal sections which are capable of separation to receive and clamp therebetwecn curtains, portieres, draperies, and the like.

The object of the present invention is to facilitate the separation and the drawing together of the pole-sections, and in this connection is especially designed to improve the opening and closing mechanism shown in my pending application for patent, tiled September 2, 1903, Serial No. 171,6l1.

Another object of the invention is to provide for employing the usual ornaments at the end of the pole and to have one or both of the ornaments serve as a handle for convenience in actuating the means for opening and closing the pole.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims witlioutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one end portion of a curtain-pole embodying the features of thepresentinvention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the pole open for the reception of the curtain. Fig. l

is a cross-sectional view taken at right angles i Fig. 5 is a detail longitudinal sec- As in my former device, the present ourtain-pole is made up of duplicate longitudinal semitubular members 1 and 2, which have a hinged connection 3 at their upper edges, whereby their lower edges may be separated for the reception of the upper edge portion of a curtain, there being suitable prongs or teeth 1, carried by the inner side of one of the polesections near its lower edge, with which the cnrtain is designed to be engaged. One or more helical springs 5 are located within the pole, with their opposite ends connected with the respective pole-sections, so as to yieldably hold the same in closed relation.

Thus far described the present pole is a substantial duplicate for that shown in my prior application for patent.

In carrying out the present invention a plate 6, preferably circular in form, is applied flat against one end of the pole and rigidly secured to one of the pole-sections by means of suitable fastcnings 7, which are set through the plate and into the adjacent end of the pole-section. As shown, this plate is somewhat greater in diameter than the pole, and its least diameter should be that of the pole when the sections are closed together. At the outer side of the plate 6 there is any suitable or preferred form of ornament 8, which is pivoted eccentrically to the plate, as indicated at 9, and at the inner side of the plate is a cam or eccentric member 11), which is carried by the pivot 9 of the ornament. Normally this cam member is disposed in a substantially horizontal positon, with its free end adjacent the stationary section of the pole, and is capable of being turned in the direction indicated by the arrow into frictional engagement with the inner face of the opposite movable pole-section, thereby to swing the latter away from the other section, and thus open the pole for the reception of a curtain. The cam is guided in its movement by means of a guide-pin 11, carried by the cam and working in an arcuate slot 12, formed in the plate 6 and struck from the pivot of the ornament 8 as a center. .It will here be noted that the ornament 8 has its eccentric pivotpoint disposed adjacent the movable section of the pole, with the guide-pin of the cam normally disposed at the inner extremity of the guide-slot 12, which is preferably at the center or longitudinal axis of the pole. By this arrangement there is sufficient space between the pivotal support of the cam andthe stationary member of the pole to accommodate the cam in its normal position, with the movable pole-section swung in against the stationary section. It is preferred to have the guide-slot 12 located above the pivot 9, so as to compel the cam to swing away from rather than across the joint between the pole-sections in order that the operation of the cam may not be interfered with by the prongs 1 and the curtain.

A simplified arrangement of the present invention has been shown in Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, wherein the plate 6, (shown in the other figures,) has been omitted, and the ornament 8 is pivoted eccentrically directly to the end of one of the pole-sections by means of asuitable pin or fastening 13, and at the inner end of the ornament is a concentric circular knob or projection 14, which normally lies centrally between the pole-sections, as clearly indicated in Fig. 6, so that by turning the ornament upon its eccentric pivotal support 13 the projection 14. will be brought into engagement with the other pole-section to operate as a cam and force said other section outwardly upon the hinged connection between the pole-sections as a center, as clearly indicated in Fig. 7.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the operating parts of the present means for opening and closing the pole are entirely housed within the pole, and the external surface of the latter is unbroken, wherefore the appearance of the pole it that of an ordinary pole, while at the same time it may be conveniently opened and closed by simply turning one of the terminal ornaments. These are very important advantages over my prior device, for the reason that in the original device it was necessary to slot one of the pole-sections and to mount a slidable fingerpiece therein, thereby materially complicating the structure and somewhat marring the appearance of the pole.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A curtain-pole comprising longitudinal movably-connected sections, and means for separating the pole-sections including a controlling device mounted upon and projected beyond one extremity of one of the sections and thereby exposed for access thereto.

2. A curtain-pole, comprising a pair of longitudinal pivotally-connected sections, an ornament pivotally carried by one end of one of the sections, and means extending between the ornament and the other pole-section for separating the pole-sections by turning the ornament upon its pivotal support.

3. A curtain-pole comprising longitudinal pivotally-connected sections, and an ornament terminally pivoted to one of the sections and having a cam for engagement with the other section to separate the sections upon their pivotal connection.

4. A curtain-pole comprising longitudinal pivotally-connected sections, a plate carried by one of the sections, an-ornament pivoted eccentrically to the plate at the outer side thereof, and a cam disposed between the pole-sections and carried by the pivotal support of the ornament, said cam capable of turning with the ornament and into engagement with one of the pole-sections to swing the latter away from the other section.

5. A curtain-pole comprising longitudinal pivotally-connected sections, a plate carried by one of the sections, an ornament pivoted eccentrically upon the outer side of the plate, the latter having an arcuate slot struck from the pivotal support of the ornament as a center, and a cam located at the inner side of the plate and carried by the pivot of the ornament, said cam having a guide projection working in the slot and also capable of turning with the ornament into engagement with one of the pole-sections to swing the latter away from the other section.

6. A curtain-pole comprising longitudinal semitubular sections pivotally connected at corresponding edges, a spring yieldably connecting the pole-sections, a plate applied to one end of the pole and carried by the polesection only, a rotatable ornament pivoted eccentrically upon the plate adjacent the polesection which is free from the plate, said plate having an arcuate slot struck from the pivot of the ornament as a center with said pivot lying between the slot and the free edges of the pole-sections, and a cam located at the inner side of the plate, carried by the pivot of the ornament and movable therewith, and provided with a guide projection working in the slot, said cam having its free end normall y disposed adjacent the pole-section which carries the plate, and capable of being turned with the ornament into engagement with the other pole-section to swing it away from the first-mentioned section.

7. A curtain-pole comprising longitudinal movably-connected sections, means housed between the sections for separating the same and drawing them together, and a controlling device pivoted upon one end of the pole and connected to the separating means for actuating the same by rotation of the controlling device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two-witnesses.

ARTHUR RUSSELL IIARMANY.

Witnesses:

W M. (J. HARMANY, Fnnnnmo HARMANY.

Ioo 

